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About 450 years ago, Spanish soldiers on an expedition from Florida took over the native Catawba town of Joara, about 60 miles East of Asheville. Fort San…
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Noted banjo picker and Western North Carolina native Raymond Fairchild has died, following a heart attack. He was 80. Fairchild performed at the Grand…
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What is Southern Appalachia’s place in U.S. history and identity - and in particular - the country’s politics? Voting patterns in the region have stayed…
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The complex identity of Southern Appalachia pervades film, literature and academia, but the stereotypes portrayed in those disciplines even extend to the…
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The Appalachian Studies community is a tightly knit group of academics, writers and historians from across the country. When news happens in the community…
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This week on Blue Ridge Public Radio, we’ve been looking at the complex cultural identity of Southern Appalachia. In our first installment, we examined…